France (Champagne) Flashcards
Name 10 producer and their tete cuvee
Bollinger: La Grand Anee
Vieles Vines Françaises (PN)
R.D.
Deutz: Cuvee William Deutz
Amour de Deutz (chard)
Gosset: Celebris (PN/Chard)
Charles Heidsieck: Blanc de Millénaires (Chard)
Moet et Chandon: Dom Perignon
Joseph Perrier: Cuvee Josephine (PN/Chard)
Pol Roger: Cuvee sir Winston Churchill (PN/Chard)
Pommery: Cuvee Louise (Chard/PN)
Louis Roederer: Cristal (PN/Chard)
Ruinart: Dom Ruinart (Chard/Rose)
Tattinger: Comtes de Champagne (Chard) Tattinger Collection (Chard/PN)
Veuve Cliquot: La Grande Dame (PN/Chard)
9 grand cru of Montagne de Reims
Sillery Puisieulx Beaumont - sur- Vesle Versenay Mailly - Champagne Verzy Louvois Bouzy Abonnay
2 grand cru of Valle de Marne
Ay
Tours - sur - Marne
6 grand cru of Cote des Blancs
Chouilly Oiry Cramant Avize Oger Le Mensil - sur - Oger
3 crus in the Aube
Essoyes
Mussy - sur - Seine
Les Riceys
4 approved pruning methods in Champagne
Cordon de Royat
Chablis
Valle de Marne
Guyot (double and simple)
Coquard Basket press and conversion
102 liters must - 160 kg grape
2550 liters must - 4000 kg grape
5 districts of Champage
Montagne de Reims (PN) Valle de la Marne (M) Cote des Blancs (C) Cote de Sezanne (C) Cote des Bars/ Aube (PN)
2 99% Echelles Crus
Mareuil - sur - Ay (VDM)
Tauxieres - (MdR)
2 top negotiants of Champagne
Moet de Chandon Louis Roederer Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin Billecart Salmon Tattinger
Walk through Methode Champenoise
grapes pressed and divided: vine de cuvee (first 2,050 L)
vin de taille (following 500 L)
rebeche (by law 1-10% for distillate)
juice settles at a cool temp for 8-15 hours (debourbage)
the solids (bourbes) removed prior to fermentation
must is chaptalized (add sugar) then primary fermentation
creates high acid wine with alcohol around 11% (some go into malolactic fermentation
wines filtered then remains in barrel / tank/ bottle until Feb/March the year following harvest
Assemblage (blending of vintage wine and liquor de tirage (adding yeast, sugar to ignite fermentation)
Prise de mousse (second fermentation) bottled wit crown cap for up to 8 weeks
riddling/remuer with gyroplate for at least 12 months
disgorgement
topped with dosage
Vocal: Bourbes, Prise de Mousse, Assemblage, Chaptialization
Bourbes: solids that form after grapes are pressed and settles. Removed prior to fermentation
Prise de mousse: second fermentation bottled with crown cap
Assemblage: blending of vintage/current wine and Liqueur de Tirage (yeast and sugar to ignite fermentation)
Chaptialization: adding sugar for primary fermentation
Name 3 ways the press is divided and amounts
Vin de cuvee: first 2050 L
Vin de taille: following 500 L
Reche: 1-10% for distillate
7 dosage levels and grams per liter
Brut Nature: 0-3 Extra Brut: 0-6 Brut: 0-12 Extra Dry: 12-17 Sec: 17-32 Demi-Sec: 32-50 Doux: 50+
11 bottle sizes and mL
Piccolo - 185 mL 1/4b Demi - 375 mL 1/2b Bottle - 750 mL Magnum - 1.5 L 2b Jeroboam - 3L 4b Rehoboam - 4.5 L 6b Methuselah - 6 L 8b Salmanazar - 9 L 12b Nebuchadnezzar - 15 L 20b Solomon - 18 L 24b